Finance Project Management Lead- MT Transcend OTC NA

Johnson & Johnson • New Brunswick, NJ

18h • Onsite

About The Position

Living into our Global MedTech priorities is critical to advancing our collective performance and making an even bigger impact on our patients with MT Transcend being a critical input to these priorities: Accelerating innovation and portfolio transformation Advancing competitiveness Strengthening financial performance MT Transcend is a multi-year Global business transformation Program that will modernize our end-to-end Supply Chain digital capabilities by harmonizing our current 40+ ERP systems, standardizing our core business processes, and enabling our integrated data strategy through SAP S/4 HANA. While EMEA has led the way, (for the Order-To-Cash deployment via a Global Template design approach), Norh America is now beginning its transformation journey using the foundations EMEA laid for more effective customer engagement and intimacy and more Supply Chain reliability. It is critical that the Commercial, Supply Chain, Deliver and Finance communities maximize this opportunity and prepare in parallel to ensure that the S/4 HANA platform can be used in an integrated approach from day one of go-live. You will bring a deep personal motivation to advance healthcare and Finance processes through Transformation. This motivation is backed by eager self-learning and experience in the Finance, Compliance & ERP fields, and their relevance to MedTech. You are keen to bravely push forward despite any ambiguity, resistance, and be a voice for change. As a key team member on this Program, you will be leading and influencing by example, helping others see what could be and making it happen together with the Program team and North America Business Unit deployment.

Requirements

• A forward-looking mindset with the ability to anticipate, drive and progress actions on potential asks and deadlines
• 5 years’ experience in Finance, preferably in MedTech
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or similar
• Fluent in English with good presentation skills
• People Leadership – a C.E.O mindset, (Compete, Execute, Optimize)
• Experience working with Microsoft Office project management tools, Jira, Visio - ideal
• Previously demonstrated hands-on project experience including the resolution of any risks / roadblocks and / or escalation as necessary
• Ability to deal with competing priorities and complex issues
• Ability to work and lead under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal skills, (both oral and written), with proven ability to influence and collaborate to deliver on actions and results
• Ability to drive results across multiple parties with conflicting views, including your peers
• Ability to work autonomously and independently
• Ability to adapt to changing environment
• Ability to identify, manage, and mitigate risks
• Ability to plan and coordinate multiple and complex deployment activities

Responsibilities

• Proactive project management support to the MT Transcend OTC NA Finance team & Deployment Lead
• Responsible for the planning, management and coordination of all Finance deliverables ensuring they’re on-time in accordance with the NA Program plan
• Passionate follow-up on Finance actions arising from Governance mtgs, plan milestones, stage gates…
• Coaches colleagues in project management techniques, processes, and responsibilities
• Monitors the Risks, Actions, Issues and Decisions (RAID) log with a view to leading a “no surprises” approach for the Transcend Finance team
• Connect Global and Regional Squad teams on design progress with defined frequency
• Stay informed with design, build and all project phases’ progress, gaps, KDDs and risks
• As Finance typically is impacted by many upstream processes, (eg Logistcs, Plan, Deliver(, there’s a need to work cross-functionally within the Program to understand E2E milestones and the “so what?”

Benefits

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
• 10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees